The Mahler lectures are a biennial activity organised by the Australian Mathematical Society, and supported by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, in which a prominent mathematician tours Australian universities giving lectures at a variety of levels, including giving several public lectures.

In 2009, we have partnered with the Clay Mathematical Institute, to combine the Mahler Lectures and the Clay Lectures into the Clay–Mahler Lecture Tour. The 2009 Clay–Mahler lecturers are:

• Terence Tao (Clay–Mahler lecturer), Fields Medallist
• Mohammed Abouzaid (Clay lecturer)
• Danny Calegari (Clay lecturer).

All three lecturers will speak at the AustMS meeting in Adelaide, Sept 28–Oct 1.

Click this image to download the poster with a schedule for all the lectures:

Clay–Mahler lectures

The schedule of Clay–Mahler lectures is as follows:

• July 23–August 19, Melbourne:
  • Thu. 23 July, in Russell Love Theatre, Richard Berry Building, Melbourne University at 14:15–16:15;
    seminar lecture by Danny Calegari: Surface subgroups from homology.
  • Mon., 3 Aug., in Cuming Theatre, Chemistry Building, Melbourne University at 14:15–16:15;
    seminar lecture by Danny Calegari: Faces of the scl norm ball.
  • Mon., 10 Aug., in Cuming Theatre, Chemistry Building, Melbourne University at 14:15–16:15;
    seminar lecture by Danny Calegari: Scl, sails, and surgery.
  • Fri. 14 Aug., in Hooper Lecture Theatre, La Trobe University at 2.00pm; seminar lecture by Danny Calegari: Faces of the scl norm ball.
• August 31–September 2, Melbourne:
  • Mon. 31 Aug., 23rd Behrend Memorial Lecture in Copland Lecture Theatre, Melbourne University at 6.00pm;
    public lecture by Tao: Mathematical research and the internet. (flyer)
  • Tues. 1 Sept., in Casey Plaza Theatre (Building 10, Level 4, Room 27) RMIT at 3:30pm;
    colloquium talk by Tao: Compressed Sensing.
  • Wed. 2 Sept., in Room 345, Building 28, Monash University and via the Access Grid, 2:30pm;
    colloquium talk by Tao: Discrete Random Matrices.
    AG contact: Simon Clarke
• September 3–4, Perth:
  • Thurs. 3rd in Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, UWA at 6:00pm;
    public lecture by Tao: Cosmic Distance Ladder. (flyer)
  • Fri. 4th in Engineering Lecture Theatre 1 and via the Access Grid, 1.00–2.00 pm (3:00–4:00 pm AEST);
    colloquium talk by Tao: Compressed Sensing. (flyer)
    AG contact: Angus Stewart
• September 8–9, Brisbane:
  • Tues. 8th, in Gardens theatre, QUT at 6:00pm;
    public lecture by Tao: Cosmic Distance Ladder.
    Registration is required via the RSVP form.
  • Wed. 9th, in Parnell Building 07, room 222, UQ at 3:00pm;
    colloquium talk by Tao: Compressed Sensing.
• September 15–18, Sydney:
  • Tues. 15th in Eastern Avenue Lecture Theatre, Sydney Univ., 3:00pm; colloquium talk by Tao: Compressed sensing.
  • Wed. 16th in room 4082 of the Red Centre at UNSW, 4:00pm;
    seminar by Calegari: Faces of the Stable commutator length ball.
  • Wed. 16th in Leighton Hall, Scientia Building at UNSW, 6:00pm;
    public lecture by Tao: Structure and randomness in the prime numbers. (flyer)
  • Thurs. 17th in E6A Level 2, AG room, Macquarie University and via the Access Grid, 2:00–3:00pm;
    specialist talk by Tao: Recent progress on the Kakeya problem.
    AG contact: John Porte
  • Thurs. 17th in E6A Level 2, AG room, Macquarie University and via the Access Grid, 4:00–5:00pm; seminar by Abouzaid, Understanding hypersurfaces through tropical geometry.
    AG contact: John Porte
  • Fri. 18th in Carslaw Building Room 275, Sydney Univ. at 2:00pm;
    specialist lecture by Calegari: Stable commutator length
  • Fri. 18th in Carslaw Building Room 275, Sydney Univ. at 4:00pm;
    specialist lecture by Abouzaid: A mirror construction for hypersurfaces in toric varieties.
• September 21–24, at the Australian National University, Canberra:
  • Mon. 21st, in Bernhard Neumann seminar room JD G35, 3:00pm;
    specialist lecture by Tao: Recent progress on the Kakeya problem.
  • Tues. 22nd in Bernhard Neumann seminar room JD G35, 3:30pm;
    colloquium talk by Calegari: Faces of the stable commutator length ball.
  • Tues. 22nd in Theatre 1, Manning Clarke Building, 5:30pm;
    public lecture by Tao: Structure and randomness in the prime numbers. (flyer, Billboard)
  • Wed. 23rd in Bernhard Neumann seminar room JD G35, 2:00pm; colloquium talk by Abouzaid: Understanding hypersurfaces through tropical geometry.
  • Wed. 23rd in Baume AGR, Peter Baume Building and via the Access Grid, 3.30pm; colloquium talk by Tao: Recent progress in additive prime number theory.
    AG contact: Robert Spragi
  • Thurs. 24th in Bernhard Neumann seminar room JD G35 at 2.30pm; lecture by Calegari: Stable commutator length.
  • Thurs. 24th in Bernhard Neumann seminar room JD G35, at 4.00pm; lecture by Abouzaid: A mirror construction for hypersurfaces in toric varieties.
• September 25, Univ. of Adelaide:
  • Fri, 25th Sep., in Napier Lecture Theatre 102, Napier Building, North Terrace Campus, 12:10–1:00pm:
    lecture by Abouzaid: Understanding hypersurfaces through tropical geometry.
  • Fri, 25th Sep., in Napier Lecture Theatre 102, Napier Building, North Terrace Campus,1:40–2:30pm:
    lecture by Calegari: Stable commutator length.
  • Fri. 25th Sep., in Napier 102 theatre, Napier Building, North Terrace Campus, 3:10pm; colloquium talk by Tao: The proof of the Poincaré conjecture.
• September 28–October 1, Adelaide—talks during the AustMS annual meeting:
  • Mon. 28th Sep. in Alan Scott Auditorium, Hawke Building, UniSA City West Campus, 10:30–11:30am; plenary talk by Calegari: Faces of the scl norm ball.
  • Tue. 29th Sep. in Alan Scott Auditorium Hawke Building, UniSA City West Campus, 10:30–11:30am; plenary talk by Abouzaid: Functoriality in Homological Mirror Symmetry.
  • Tue. 29th Sep. in Alan Scott Auditorium Hawke Building, UniSA City West Campus, 7:30–8:30pm; public lecture by Tao: Structure and randomness in the prime numbers.
  • Thu. 1st Oct. in Alan Scott Auditorium Hawke Building, UniSA City West Campus, 2:00–3:00pm; plenary talk by Tao: The proof of the Poincaré conjecture.
• Friday 2nd Oct., reception at 6.30pm (for 7:00pm start) in the Adelaide Town Hall, with public lecture by Tao: Cosmic Distance Ladder — organised by the Royal Institution of Australia.
• October 6–7th, Melbourne University:
  • Tue. 6th in Russell Love Lecture Theatre, Richard Berry Building, 12:00; colloquium talk by Abouzaid: Understanding hypersurfaces through tropical geometry.
  • Wed. 7th in Babel Middle Theatre (106), 2:15pm; colloquium talk by Abouzaid: String topology and the Fukaya category of cotangent bundles.
  • Wed. 7th in Babel Middle Theatre (106), 3:30pm; colloquium talk by Abouzaid: A topological model for the Fukaya category of plumbings.